点评:After finding that Southminster Hall was closed, we decided to try Prittlewell Priory instead. It was advertised as open until 17.00 and we arrived in Priory Park just after 16.00 Had a look at the bandstand, and the shop and went to enter the Priory only to find as soon as we got inside the porch that a staff member was locking up 40 minutes before closing time, due to staff shortages/sickness (the same reason for which Southminster Hall was closed). Strangely it seems to have not caused it to be closed before 16.20 and this mysterious epidemic afflicting both sites did not make it onto the local news. This is an important part of Southend History which should have been available during the advertised opening hours. We had to content ourselves with the exterior only, which was disappointing after travelling from Barnet
翻译:发现绍斯敏斯特大厅关闭后,我们决定改去普里特韦尔修道院。广告上说开放到下午5点,我们下午4点刚过就到了修道院公园。我们看了看乐队演奏台和商店,正准备进修道院,却发现刚进门廊,就有一位工作人员因为人手短缺/生病(和绍斯敏斯特大厅关闭的原因一样)在关门前40分钟就开始锁门了。奇怪的是,这似乎并没有导致修道院在下午4点20分之前就关闭,而且这场影响两个地方的神秘“疫情”也没有出现在当地新闻上。这是绍森德历史的重要组成部分,本应在广告上标明的开放时间内开放。我们只能在外面看看,从巴尼特过来之后,这让我们非常失望。